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These shots I took in the ..not yet gentrified :))) area of Düsseldorf ..where we enjoy living.
The city, a huge park and the university are within easy walking distance and we have the best infrastructure in the town!
We have people living here from many places in the world and we love living here.
The only drawback are the sixty five stairs to our apartment... which when you get there...is big and beautiful, always light, and often sun filled.
The renovated building in which we live was built around the turn of the century
These birds are not very popular as they lay eggs into the nests of other birds. I was taken aback by this individual and needed help from the Merlin App and the Macaulay images for identification. The plumage pattern is striking so thought it would be of interest to post here. Seen near Nutter's Battery, Central Park, New York
Laowa 2X Super Macro
These are 3" x 3" Post-It Notes that have been rolled in half and held together with a paper clip. The light source is a large window at the top left. The 3 main circle-top areas are less than 1.5" total width, so the estimated total width is less than 2.5" W. It's fun to turn the paper and adjust the camera to see numerous views of the same subject. Plus, the super macro lens allows me to get very close to the subject, and the depth-of-field is extremely shallow. This lens blurs the background at f/8.0 or less, but unfortunately doesn't record the depth-of-field in the EXIF data. I'm guessing this is f/4.0 or lower. I'm a rookie with this lens and have plenty to learn. But, I like that it allows me to think "outside the box". In other words, it's fun.
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These are now a very common sight in the UK always wonderful to watch fishing, especially with their foot shuffle method!
These are my neighbor's cows. I stopped on the way home and shot this. The cows just stood and watched me.
In reference to the many comments about the thorns in the upper corner: I leaned down and ducked my head under a barbed wire fence to get this shot. The thorns were hanging down from the fence and I am fine! LOL
Seen in Explore #271
These leaves were just so pretty there ... captured at the Botanical Gardens there along the coast of Maine.
feel more like summertime than mid-May and i'm lovin' it! now if there were only a few more hours in the day to enjoy it with everything else that's going on... :-)
hope everyone has a great friday!
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These dolls stand at 5.08 cm/2 inches. I found six them on an auction site. Still looking for more.
Chikako,Satoko and Ayumi.
HSoS!
These winter visitors have left Singapore in March or early April They fatten themselves up with dragonflies, insects, butterflies etc.before making their journey back home. Safe journey and they will return in Oct/Nov 2023.
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These are winter frost formations on the enclosed glass window of my balcony. I took a macro abstract shot of them and converted the shot into Black and White.
* These Beech trees looked rather splendid last week in Duncombe Park . While the colours in England do not compare with the amazing Autumn display in New England they are still a lovely sight
Duncombe Park is on the edge of the town of Helmsley in North Yorkshire
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These are late Cretaceous greywacke sandstones of the Cambria slab. They are interpreted as submarine landslides into a large marine canyon, something like the present-day Monterey Canyon. Ordinarily they look like massive, grey, featureless sandstone. But in flat light & when they are wet, sometimes you get enigmatic hints like this. . .
Field of view is about 2 ft (60 cm) across, by memory.
These are other goslings, born much later than the ones I saw some weeks ago. These ran in the water and they looked so proud.
These three Rainbow Lorikeets seemed to be having quite a discussion. It looked like the one on the lower right was being told to make itself scarce.
These two cows were standing in this small pond filled with duck weed. As soon as they saw me with my camera they ran away, like their lives depended on it! Up and over the hill and out of sight!
Carden Alvar, Ontario
Canada
These are resident waders found throughout the year around large lakes, shallow rivers, wetland areas and water logged paddy fields. End of Summer is the nesting time for these waders / reed birds and they contine to nest till the end of rainy season.
The swamphens nest in the reeds and I observed that the colors get more vivid around that time. There was a huge bed of reeds and there were around 15-20 of them sighted in it - I thought many were pairs and they are starting their nests around that time. The birds don't move far away from their nests and prefer to hunt for insects, beetles etc.. around the vicinity.
During this period, these birds turn predators and they attack the chicks of Jacanas, snipes and eat them. All these birds share the same habitat and hence become easy prey for these Swamphens and other birds like Black Kites.
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These juvenile Bald Eagles would patrol the beach inches from the volcanic sand looking for scraps, for such young birds, their flight control was amazing.
This is for Joan, a Flickr friend who loves Eagles, and is busy recovering after an operation. Keep at it Joan :o)xx
These Vidiyo pods are a pain in the lower backside because you can't do much with it. In an area of 8x8 it actually has 12 studs - on the backside.
For this rover I tried to hide that it's only fixed in the back and pulled the rubber tracks right up to the front. Unfortunately it's too big to fit in a pocket, so here's just a lame shot on the balcony.
Febrover-in-a-row No.169
Toy Project Day 2770
These are the Vintage Underwear by CUBURA that you can pick up from Whore Couture from 1st of March on the Flair For Events Sim.
The Underwear is rigged for Jake, Legacy, Enzo and Kario. I wear the Kario Flex version.
After the event (31 March) you can get these from the CUBURA Mainstore on the Pure Love Sim.
These big skimmers show up here in May and September - like clockwork. Where they go in the Summer - I assume they head North. I don't see many females or immature males - check out the shadow of his cerci. North Georgia
WEATHER: Hope everyone is safe from New England to the cold dipping into South Florida. Cold night to 24o with winds howling, but my Yellow-throated warbler made it to Day 33!
These are the western lake district fells and this is the view I open my curtains to in the mornings, obviously not always this beautiful or this visible but today is a good day.
Have a lovely day everyone.
These cypress trees and knees of the root were amazing to me as I was walking in this mysterious part of earth
Another archive shot of a typical beach day, a sky full of happy clouds being puffed along on a playful wind. Days at the coast can be so bright and are always happy and life affirming. Ride like the wind is by Frank Zappa
These sparsely populated trees are on the farm track from Low Askew to High Askew farm as you reach the open moor in the North Yorkshire Moor National Park, England
HFF
These metal shavings are created when milling spare parts for machine tools. The biggest part in the picture is about 3 mm in diameter.
These Lilies were in the Baptist Church gardens, they have helpers to keep them tidy.
Rugby, Warwickshire.
These are why I found the bluebells last week. They deserve some recognition for that fact alone. Monctoneh Berriment.
...are not made for walking. And that's just not what they'll do. Take a scooter instead.
Reykjavik Street #5
These aborted entolomas are really amazing mushrooms. That round tan mushroom at the upper left in the photo is the normal form for this species but they share the forest floor with another mushroom, Armillaria mellea or the honey mushroom, that doesn't much like them. The Armillaria mycelium invades the Entoloma mycelium (or root system) and causes many of the Entoloma mushrooms to abort their typical growth and turn into white twisted jelly-like blobs. Surprisingly, these white "aborted" entolomas are edible and are delicious after being boiled in a big pot of water. That's probably why they are often referred to as the "shrimp of the woods" and they even have the texture and fine taste of a peeled shrimp tail.
Polaroid Week April 24th 2020 - Day Six 1/2
Camera: MiNT SLR-670-X Ming Edition
Film: Polaroid 600 Color Film with cut borders
These concrete structures, known as groynes, are designed to calm the surge of water during very high tides.
Canon 6d with 24 × 105 Lens at 20mm
f16, 25 seconds, ISO 50
These are reflections off the windows of a very old building near downtown. I think it was an indoor athletic facility or something similar.
These yucca plants popped against an early evening sky as the low sun streaked across them.
Taken at White Sands, NP in New Mexico.